Audition & Portfolio Review Process

On-Campus Portfolio Review

Applicants may bring their portfolio to campus for review. On-campus portfolio reviews offer the opportunity to attend group information sessions, meet individually with an art faculty member and take a tour of School of Art facilities.

Registration will be available October 1.

In order to attend an on-campus portfolio review, applicants must submit the Common Application and the Carnegie Mellon Common Application Supplement by the following dates:

Application Plan

Deadline

Early Decision

November 1

Regular Decision/Transfer Applicants

December 1

Applicants submitting a portfolio online are not permitted to attend an on-campus portfolio review.

You must pre-register for an on-campus portfolio review. Click here for on-campus portfolio review dates and availability. We honor review appointments on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register as soon as possible to secure a review appointment. The Office of Admission will send you a confirmation email when you register online. If the conjuration does not arrive two weeks prior to your review, call the Office of Admission at 412-268-2082 to confirm. If attending an on-campus portfolio review day, an applicant should not submit a portfolio online.

What to Bring

No fewer than15to no more than 20 recent art works , including any of the following:

Actual two-dimensional work (drawings, paintings, print, etc.) Matting and mounting of works is not necessary. Applying fixative to works that smudge is highly recommended.